Indiana § 3-10-6-2.5 Town ordinance to stagger terms of members of legislative body

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§ 3-10-6-2.5 — Town ordinance to stagger terms of members of legislative body

Indiana § 3-10-6-2.5

Art. 10PROVISIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN TYPES OF

Ch. 6Municipal and School District Elections in Cities, Large

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Ind. Code § 3-10-6-2.5 (2026).

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(a)This section does not apply to a town located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city unless the town has a population of more than one thousand (1,000) and less than one thousand four hundred (1,400).

(b)This section applies to a town that has not adopted an ordinance:

(1)under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1, 1981); or

(2)in 1982 under P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration on January 1, 1988).

(c)Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, a town may adopt an ordinance during the year preceding a municipal election conducted under section 2 of this chapter prescribing the length of the term of office for town legislative body members elected in the municipal election.

(d)The ordinance must provide that:

(1)no more than fifty pe

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5. (a) This section does not apply to a town
located wholly or partially within a county having a consolidated city
unless the town has a population of more than one thousand (1,000)
and less than one thousand four hundred (1,400).
(b) This section applies to a town that has not adopted an ordinance:
(1) under IC 18-3-1-16(b) (before its repeal on September 1,
1981); or
(2) in 1982 under P.L.13-1982, SECTION 3 (before its expiration
on January 1, 1988).
(c) Notwithstanding section 6 of this chapter, a town may adopt an
ordinance during the year preceding a municipal election conducted
under section 2 of this chapter prescribing the length of the term of
office for town legislative body members elected in the municipal
election.
(d) The ordinance must provide that:
(1) no more than fifty percent (50%) of the members will be
elected for terms of three (3) years beginning at noon January 1
following the municipal election under section 2 of this chapter;
and
(2) the remainder of the members will be elected for terms of four
(4) years beginning at noon January 1 following the election.
(e) An ordinance described in this section or an ordinance repealing
an ordinance described in this section is effective upon filing the
ordinance with the circuit court clerk of the county in which the largest
percentage of the town is located.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.11-1988, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.3-1990, SEC.7; P.L.3-1997, SEC.231; P.L.170-2002, SEC.6; P.L.119-2012, SEC.6; P.L.278-2019, SEC.42; P.L.11-2023, SEC.6.